Table 2. Number of New Residential Building Constructions Started, Floor Area and Value of Constructions,
         by Type of Building, by Region, and Province:  First Quarter, 2004

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                                                   TOTAL             |       SINGLE        |     DUPLEX/QUADRUPLEX
Region and Province                  |    Floor |           |        |    Floor |          |        |  Floor |
                              Number |     Area |     Value | Number |     Area |    Value | Number |   Area |   Value
                                 (1) |      (2) |       (3) |    (4) |      (5) |      (6) |    (7) |    (8) |     (9)
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Philippines                   17,820  2,261,797  13,440,983   15,715  1,763,404  9,234,115      345   52,033   301,606

National Capital Region        1,792    611,917   5,390,095    1,517    328,139  2,224,898       83   18,821   114,579

Manila, First District           165     29,878     244,115      127     18,374    157,148        4    1,098     6,115
Second District                  810    193,030   1,131,948      682    159,645    932,192       39    9,417    60,701
Third District                   214     30,956     172,607      188     25,872    152,018        7      718     3,277
Fourth District                  603    358,053   3,841,425      520    124,248    983,540       33    7,588    44,486

Cordillera Administrative
  Region                         231     41,955     219,994      189     31,318    165,662        7    1,268     9,882

Abra                               6        641       2,002        5        441      1,351        -        -         -
Benguet                          213     39,335     207,075      173     29,178    155,722        6      988     7,554
Ifugao                             5        771       4,455        5        771      4,455        -        -         -
Kalinga                            6      1,061       5,744        5        781      3,416        1      280     2,328
Mountain Province                  1        147         718        1        147        718        -        -         -

Region I - Ilocos              1,804    182,525     822,238    1,726    166,622    749,165       24    3,909    18,691

Ilocos Norte                     361     37,007     173,518      355     34,935    169,348        4      444     2,542
Ilocos Sur                       338     26,301     110,224      332     25,760    106,197        3      363     3,510
La Union                         291     37,611     187,603      242     27,540    137,255        9    1,294     7,038
Pangasinan                       814     81,606     350,893      797     78,387    336,365        8    1,808     5,601

Region II - Cagayan Valley       493     50,637     235,391      486     49,444    230,533        1       45       254

Batanes                            3        180       1,300        3        180      1,300        -        -         -
Cagayan                          291     27,635     125,923      291     27,635    125,923        -        -         -
Isabela                          107     12,346      54,845      101     11,282     50,680        1       45       254
Nueva Vizcaya                     22      2,026      13,418       21      1,897     12,725        -        -         -
Quirino                           70      8,450      39,905       70      8,450     39,905        -        -         -

Region III - Central Luzon     2,374    256,484   1,189,831    1,735    199,707    909,860       39    5,576    29,097

Bataan                           252     28,153     156,123      238     25,869    144,416        3      450     2,242
Bulacan                        1,137     67,810     329,685      737     46,397    235,283       16    1,437     8,714
Nueva Ecija                      200     24,201     118,576      192     22,498    108,991        3      510     3,029
Pampanga                         485     97,485     383,778      304     72,526    252,910        9    1,443     6,521
Tarlac                           187     23,119     116,467      171     20,246    102,829        5    1,131     6,366
Zambales                          78     12,413      71,894       58      8,868     52,123        3      605     2,225
Aurora                            35      3,303      13,308       35      3,303     13,308        -        -         -

Region IVA - Calabarzon        3,773    449,120   2,653,541    2,942    355,207  2,209,977      129   15,463    94,815

Batangas                         599     66,529     375,991      541     57,108    319,896        9    1,216     6,537
Cavite                         1,168    114,155     653,925      743     88,373    550,891       44    4,802    27,197
Laguna                         1,010    141,344     785,848      762    100,726    606,592       44    5,074    29,666
Quezon                           154     14,757      78,313      150     14,583     77,415        -        -         -
Rizal                            842    112,335     759,464      746     94,417    655,183       32    4,371    31,415

Region IVB - Mimaropa            200     25,184     136,360      195     23,164    122,730        -        -         -

Marinduque                        67      6,507      27,270       64      6,021     26,058        -        -         -
Occidental Mindoro                 9        945       3,805        9        945      3,805        -        -         -
Oriental Mindoro                  62     10,170      55,607       60      8,636     43,189        -        -         -
Palawan                           58      7,215      48,028       58      7,215     48,028        -        -         -
Romblon                            4        347       1,650        4        347      1,650        -        -         -

Region V - Bicol                 372     52,451     250,858      346     47,369    225,917       13    1,195     6,141

Albay                             69     15,729      57,532       69     15,729     57,532        -        -         -
Camarines Norte                   29      2,582      14,737       26      2,207     12,670        -        -         -
Camarines Sur                    218     27,620     142,109      195     22,913    119,235       13    1,195     6,141
Catanduanes                       25      3,095      17,206       25      3,095     17,206        -        -         -
Masbate                           10      1,139       6,420       10      1,139      6,420        -        -         -
Sorsogon                          21      2,286      12,854       21      2,286     12,854        -        -         -

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Table 2.  (continued)

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                                                 TOTAL               |        SINGLE       |     DUPLEX/QUADRUPLEX
Region and Province                   |    Floor |          |        |    Floor |          |        |  Floor |
                               Number |     Area |    Value | Number |     Area |    Value | Number |   Area |   Value
                                  (1) |      (2) |      (3) |    (4) |      (5) |      (6) |    (7) |    (8) |     (9)
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Region VI - Western Visayas       948    121,255    659,040      936    118,796    646,348        6    1,132     7,006

Aklan                              55     12,302     61,678       55     12,302     61,678        -        -         -
Antique                            30      3,724     22,240       30      3,724     22,240        -        -         -
Capiz                              70     10,077     37,306       69      9,963     36,900        1      114       406
Iloilo                            279     49,532    256,395      277     49,112    254,408        2      420     1,987
Negros Occidental                 507     44,537    277,184      498     42,612    266,885        3      598     4,613
Guimaras                            7      1,083      4,237        7      1,083      4,237        -        -         -

Region VII - Central Visayas    1,919    171,683    707,410    1,805    154,885    623,409       24    2,226    11,622

Bohol                             297     20,908     74,867      297     20,908     74,867        -        -         -
Cebu                            1,145    120,205    543,464    1,039    104,442    465,421       19    1,724     9,010
Negros Oriental                   474     30,279     87,583      466     29,244     81,625        5      502     2,612
Siquijor                            3        291      1,496        3        291      1,496        -        -         -

Region VIII - Eastern Visayas     429     44,165    186,008      418     41,947    172,345        5      761     3,689

Eastern Samar                      34      4,644     25,872       34      4,644     25,872        -        -         -
Leyte                             174     22,214     97,228      169     20,827     87,464        -        -         -
Northern Samar                     87      4,869     11,751       87      4,869     11,751        -        -         -
Samar (Western Samar)              35      3,479     13,618       32      3,216     12,727        2      193       681
Southern Leyte                     53      4,784     20,261       51      4,400     18,281        2      384     1,980
Biliran                            46      4,175     17,278       45      3,991     16,250        1      184     1,028

Region IX - Zamboanga Peninsula   242     26,679    111,993      240     26,222    109,303        1      271       990

Zamboanga del Norte               112     11,768     39,446      112     11,768     39,446        -        -         -
Zamboanga del Sur                 127     14,397     70,918      125     13,940     68,228        1      271       990
Isabela City                        3        514      1,629        3        514      1,629        -        -         -

Region X - Northern Mindanao      841     65,774    242,208      833     64,462    235,692        5      673     2,587

Bukidnon                          164     11,636     31,193      162     11,271     29,931        2      365     1,262
Camiguin                           28      1,546      4,297       28      1,546      4,297        -        -         -
Lanao del Norte                   199     16,094     57,660      196     15,656     56,014        2      258       777
Misamis Occidental                170     12,343     42,354      169     12,293     41,806        1       50       548
Misamis Oriental                  280     24,155    106,704      278     23,696    103,644        -        -         -

Region XI - Davao               1,643    108,130    421,329    1,617    105,617    406,519        4      369     1,269

Davao del Norte                   484     22,759     68,737      481     22,475     68,041        -        -         -
Davao del Sur                     908     73,265    321,071      886     71,147    307,148        3      258     1,078
Davao Oriental                     33      2,758      8,750       32      2,647      8,559        1      111       191
Compostela Valley                 218      9,348     22,771      218      9,348     22,771        -        -         -

Region XII - Soccsksargen         371     26,537    107,838      348     23,914     97,445        1       40       185

South Cotabato                    258     16,379     68,060      238     14,508     59,204        1       40       185
Sultan Kudarat                     13      2,057      5,549       13      2,057      5,549        -        -         -
Saranggani                         19      1,973      5,623       17      1,566      4,877        -        -         -
Cotabato City                      81      6,128     28,606       80      5,783     27,815        -        -         -

Region XIII - Caraga              345     26,274    103,259      339     25,564    100,722        3      284       799

Agusan del Norte                  248     17,423     70,924      247     17,304     70,365        1      119       559
Agusan del Sur                     23      2,321     12,178       23      2,321     12,178        -        -         -
Surigao del Norte                  57      5,166     16,170       54      4,750     14,794        2      165       240
Surigao del Sur                    17      1,364      3,987       15      1,189      3,385        -        -         -

Autonomous Region in Muslim
  Mindanao                         43      1,027      3,590       43      1,027      3,590        -        -         -

Basilan                             1         65        505        1         65        505        -        -         -
Maguindanao                        42        962      3,085       42        962      3,085        -        -         -

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Table 2.  (continued)

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                                   APARTMENT/ACCESSORIA    |   RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUM    |          OTHERS
Region and Province                  |    Floor |          |        |    Floor |          |        |  Floor |
                              Number |     Area |    Value | Number |     Area |    Value | Number |   Area |   Value
                                (10) |     (11) |     (12) |   (13) |     (14) |     (15) |   (16) |   (17) |    (18)
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Philippines                    1,307    148,577    718,779        8    221,853  2,765,383      445   75,930   421,100

National Capital Region          175     37,066    249,592        7    221,825  2,765,285       10    6,066    35,741

Manila, First District            31      6,734     51,665        -          -          -        3    3,672    29,187
Second District                   79     15,176    110,934        3      6,398     21,567        7    2,394     6,554
Third District                    19      4,366     17,312        -          -          -        -        -         -
Fourth District                   46     10,790     69,681        4    215,427  2,743,718        -        -         -

Cordillera Administrative
  Region                           7      3,280     11,803        -          -          -       28    6,089    32,647

Abra                               -          -          -        -          -          -        1      200       651
Benguet                            7      3,280     11,803        -          -          -       27    5,889    31,996

Region I - Ilocos                 13      4,753     16,789        -          -          -       41    7,241    37,593

Ilocos Norte                       2      1,628      1,628        -          -          -        -        -         -
Ilocos Sur                         -          -          -        -          -          -        3      178       517
La Union                           5      2,079      8,029        -          -          -       35    6,698    35,281
Pangasinan                         6      1,046      7,132        -          -          -        3      365     1,795

Region II - Cagayan                5      1,019      3,911        -          -          -        1      129       693

Isabela                            5      1,019      3,911        -          -          -        -        -         -
Nueva Vizcaya                      -          -          -        -          -          -        1      129       693

Region III - Central Luzon       426     22,280     89,233        1         28         98      173   28,893   161,543

Bataan                            11      1,834      9,465        -          -          -        -        -         -
Bulacan                          316      9,488     24,886        1         28         98       67   10,460    60,704
Nueva Ecija                        4      1,093      6,040        -          -          -        1      100       516
Pampanga                          90      8,925     45,211        -          -          -       82   14,591    79,136
Tarlac                             4        832      3,017        -          -          -        7      910     4,255
Zambales                           1        108        614        -          -          -       16    2,832    16,932

Region IVA - Calabarzon          563     57,827    237,785        -          -          -      139   20,623   110,964

Batangas                           3        222        650        -          -          -       46    7,983    48,908
Cavite                           330     14,545     47,023        -          -          -       51    6,435    28,814
Laguna                           184     32,136    129,746        -          -          -       20    3,408    19,844
Quezon                             4        174        898        -          -          -        -        -         -
Rizal                             42     10,750     59,468        -          -          -       22    2,797    13,398

Region IVB - Mimaropa              -          -          -        -          -          -        5    2,020    13,630

Marinduque                         -          -          -        -          -          -        3      486     1,212
Oriental Mindoro                   -          -          -        -          -          -        2    1,534    12,418

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Table 2.  (concluded)

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                                   APARTMENT/ACCESSORIA    |   RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUM    |          OTHERS
Region and Province                  |    Floor |          |        |    Floor |          |        |  Floor |
                              Number |     Area |    Value | Number |     Area |    Value | Number |   Area |   Value
                                (10) |     (11) |     (12) |   (13) |     (14) |     (15) |   (16) |   (17) |    (18)
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Region V - Bicol                  10      3,070     13,829        -          -          -        3      817     4,971

Camarines Norte                    3        375      2,067        -          -          -        -        -         -
Camarines Sur                      7      2,695     11,762        -          -          -        3      817     4,971

Region VI - Western Visayas        5      1,318      5,609        -          -          -        1        9        77

Negros Occidental                  5      1,318      5,609        -          -          -        1        9        77

Region VII - Central Visayas      83     13,642     66,896        -          -          -        7      930     5,483

Cebu                              80     13,109     63,550        -          -          -        7      930     5,483
Negros Oriental                    3        533      3,346        -          -          -        -        -         -

Region VIII - Eastern Visayas      6      1,457      9,974        -          -          -        -        -         -

Leyte                              5      1,387      9,764        -          -          -        -        -         -
Samar (Western Samar)              1         70        210        -          -          -        -        -         -

Region IX - Zamboanga Peninsula    1        186      1,700        -          -          -        -        -         -

Zamboanga del Sur                  1        186      1,700        -          -          -        -        -         -

Region X - Northern Mindanao       3        639      3,929        -          -          -        -        -         -

Lanao del Norte                    1        180        869        -          -          -        -        -         -
Misamis Oriental                   2        459      3,060        -          -          -        -        -         -

Region XI - Davao                  5        322        774        -          -          -       17    1,822    12,767

Davao del Norte                    3        284        696        -          -          -        -        -         -
Davao del Sur                      2         38         78        -          -          -       17    1,822    12,767

Region XII - Soccsksargen          3      1,405      5,726        -          -          -       19    1,178     4,482

South Cotabato                     2      1,060      4,935        -          -          -       17      771     3,736
Saranggani                         -          -          -        -          -          -        2      407       746
Cotabato City                      1        345        791        -          -          -        -        -         -

Region XIII - Caraga               2        313      1,229        -          -          -        1      113       509

Surigao del Norte                  1        251      1,136        -          -          -        -        -         -
Surigao del Sur                    1         62         93        -          -          -        1      113       509

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Source:  Industry Statistics Division
         Industry and Trade Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

Page last updated:  August 13, 2004
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